CRAAP test for websites/videos/books:
Answer these questions to evaluate a website.
- CURRENCY: look for a date - is it current?
- RELEVANCE: does it meet my research needs? Is it college-level?
- AUTHORITY: who created/authored/published/sponsored this site/book/video? What type of authority does the author have?
- ACCURACY: is the information verifiable? Has it been reviewed by others? Do they cite their sources?
- PURPOSE: why was this website/book/video written/made? What are the biases? What is the ending of the url (.gov, .edu, .com, .org) tell you?